Risk Compensation Quotes

“In theory, condom promotions ought to work everywhere. And intuitively, some condom use ought to be better than no use. But that’s not what the research in Africa shows. Why not? One reason is “risk compensation.” That is, when people think they’re made safe by using condoms at least some of the time, they actually engage in riskier sex.”
― Obianuju Ekeocha, Target Africa: Ideological Neocolonialism in the Twenty-First Century